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In 2018 CASA put together a Recreation Trails Program proposal to provide maintenance and restoration on heavily used Santa Catalina Ranger District Forest Service trails that are used by rock climbers, hikers, equestrians and mountain bikers.

The proposal stated that CASA would primarily be maintaining and restoring trails different from a 2016 Grant, but will be returning to a few areas that need additional work.

The project accomplished the following goals:

• Utilized the local Arizona Conservation Corps (AZCC), with crews composed of up to 100% local youth, to perform maintenance and restoration work.

 

• Continued to develop and implement, in partnership with the Santa Catalina Ranger District, a training program to teach all trail users (rock climbers, hikers, equestrians, and mountain bikers) how to perform basic trail maintenance to United States Forest Service standards.

 

• Coordinated and deployed AZCC crews and local volunteers sanctioned by the Santa Catalina Trails Project training program (above) to perform maintenance and restoration work as needed by the Santa Catalina Ranger District.

 

• Integrated targeted trail maintenance with CASA's (Climbing Association of Southern Arizona) existing volunteer Adopt a Crag program through joint events with AZCC and other user groups such as the Arizona Trail Association.

Mount Lemmon Highway Cleanup
May 1, 2022

CASA volunteers came out strong on Sunday, May 1

They covered a lot of ground from the top at Marshall Gulch down to Hairpin!

• Nearly 1000 gallon of trash
• 1 large table
• A bumper
• 30 feet of pipe
• and a dinner plate

CASA volunteers removed this and more from various locations on Mount Lemmon.

Thanks to all of our volunteers and supporters who made this possible.

Pontatoc Trail on Feb 27

A big thanks to all of our volunteers and the @accessfund National Conservation Team who came out and did the following work on Pontatoc Trail on Feb 27:

• 9 Brand new stone steps to prevent erosion and make travel safer
• 9 Brand new drains to prevent erosion
• 5 Cleaned drains to continue to prevent erosion

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Thank you, SoAZ!

2021 Accomplishments